Cong Son Dao raised to 325,000 preflop from middle position, and went heads-up to the flop versus Azim Popatia, who called from the big blind.

They both checked the flop, and Azim then lead out 300,000 on the turn, which Cong flat-called. Azim lead out for another 700,000 on the turn, and after a minute in the tank, Cong pulled the trigger and moved all-in for a total of 2,140,000. Azim made a quick call, tabling for three-of-a-kind, but Cong scooped the pot with his full house, as he tabled .

Azim was left with a notch above 1 million after the hand.

Cong Son Dao and Jonathan Brassard have both found a remedy to their short-stack problem – they have both doubled up though Kevin MacDonald.

Cong’s double came after a preflop raise by Kevin to 250K, which he and Chanracy both called. The flop was . Chanracy checked, Kevin bet 300K, and Cong went all-in. Chanracy folded, and kevin made the call.

Cong:
Kevin:

The turn was gave Cong one of his draws: and the river was an interesting, though ultimately meaningless .

The very next hand it was Jonathan’s turn. All the chips got in preflop and Jonathan and Kevin tabled their hands.

Jonathan:
Kevin:

Jonathan found the answer on the board and then Kevin couldn’t re-suck on the turn and river so Jonathan stacked the chops.

Players are on a break and we’ve taken the opportunity to refresh the counts for the remaining 6 players in the field. Chanracy Khun has added a lot of chips to his stack so far in today’s session, but where he had a huge lead on the field to start the day, Kevin MacDonald has almost caught up to him – he’s less than 100K behind at this point.

Fully half the table should be considered short stacked as they start level 31 (blinds 60K/120K/a20K) – Chan An Luong, Jonathan Brassard, and Cong Son Dao are all hovering around 10bb.

First Name	Last Name	Seat	Chip Count
Chan An	Luong	Seat 1	1,230,000
Chanracy	Khun	Seat 2	6,095,000
Kevin	MacDonald	Seat 3	6,000,000
Azim	Popatia	Seat 4	3,615,000
Jonathan	Brassard	Seat 6	1,330,000
Cong Son	Dao	Seat 7	1,145,000

Jonathan Brossard was the short stack of the table when he 3bet his 760,000 stack from the small blind facing an open to 220,000 by Eric Aucoin from under the gun. Eric made the quick call, but found himself way behind:

Eric:
Jonathan:

Board:

Two hands later, he Jonathan picked up another pot as he 4bet preflop to 775,000 after an open from Kevin to 160,000, and a 3bet to 315,000 by Azim, who both folded their hands.

With those two hands, Jonathan has creeped up to over 2 million.

Play has resumed in the Montréal Poker Expo Main Event with 10 players remaining and a huge portion of the prize pool yet to be awarded! When play on the Final Table began the players averaged just about 50bb deep, but with no eliminations over more than 2 levels, the average stack has gone down to just under 25bb.

Good luck to all!